> > In a message dated 7/20/2006 12:17:23 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > In my 1978 C27 # 3692 I have 3 or 4 inch hose ( like for a clothes dryer > vent ) attached to the in and out vents at > the port and starboard corners of the stern to ventilate the engine cave. > Also has a blower connected, The hoses lay > on the hull floor. I have the ends secured to stay away from the prop > shaft. > > > > Hose from forward facing vent should enter high into the engine > compartment. > Hose from vent facing aft should pass thru the blower and be at low point > of > engine compartment. Carbon Monoxide is heavier than air, so it collects > at > low parts of the engine compartment. Circulation should be into the > forward > facing vent, down thru the compartment and out the aft facing vent. > > from del kleitz 3561 lone wolf 1958 >the vents are for blower system ,elect panel blower switch. >when before you start eng, blower on fuel fumes are sucked out, in by theother vent hose. >vents are not boat movement
